The Feed Bag: Food Labels with Flair
Categories: TNGG Weekly Columns, uncategorized
If your pre-packaged Lean Cuisine contained a label absolutely disclosing all the bad-for-you-things inside, would you still eat it?
The Feed Bag: The Frankenfish Are Coming
Categories: TNGG Weekly Columns
The FDA is considering allowing so-called “Frankenfish,” genetically engineered salmon, to enter American supermarkets and homes. Well, that’s just f-ing gross.
FDA Pushes Ahead in the Battle Against Smoking
Categories: Business
We came of age amid the first real push of anti smoking campaigns and legislation. This battle took a interesting turn last week when the FDA announced a plan to implement graphic warning labels on all packages of cigarettes, featuring visual representations of the risks associated with smoking.
Keep weed illegal! Here’s why
Categories: Drug Week
Does legalizing drugs make the United States a better place to live? Like many other subjective questions, there are trade-offs to both sides. The legalization of pot in the United States wouldn’t solve the huge problem facing Mexico – if anything, it would draw less attention to the larger issues at hand and the drug trade would continue.
Would you follow @TheMarlboroMan?
Categories: Business
The FDA recently passed new restrictions that will prohibit people under 18 from buying tobacco products starting in June. The law will also ban cigarette makers from distributing branded merchandise and sponsoring events. Tobacco controls are growing more severe but they don’t mention tobacco and its correlation with social media. Mad Men characters have a [...]
